From a Packaging-Gateway.com article, Canada and Mexico meat producers and packagers are claiming labels
marking country of origin may affect fair trade certified products.
This may be important because the “buy local” cry from the sustainable crowd is actually evolving into “at least find out where it came from and how, so the consumer can make an educated guess about carbon footprint, freshness, etc.”
“From Canada shipped fresh by rail” might fair better than “From Mexico shipped by truck last week.”
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This may be important because the “buy local” cry from the sustainable crowd is actually evolving into “at least find out where it came from and how, so the consumer can make an educated guess about carbon footprint, freshness, etc.”
“From Canada shipped fresh by rail” might fair better than “From Mexico shipped by truck last week.”
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